Milwaukee, WI
Juneteenth Summer Concert Series continues with performance by Christopher's Projects
MILWAUKEE — The Juneteenth Cultural Music Series continued for another weekend, this time featuring a performance by Christopher’s Projects.
The band, led by saxophonist Christopher Pipkins, has jammed and performed for fans for over 20 years. Now, they brought their talent to Clinton and Bernice Rose Park to celebrate Juneteenth with the Summer Cultural Music Series.
Fred Collier, entertainment director of the concert series, sat down with TMJ4’s Steve Chamraz and Susan Kim to discuss the festivities.
“It is an extension of Juneteenth,” Collier said in the interview. “That is why we wanted to keep the cultural side of it in the title. Our culture has many different levels, but the music behind it is a story in itself.”
This will be the third year the music series has run in Milwaukee. The first performance on June 22 was canceled due to weather but the series continued strong on the second weekend with a performance by Sheryl YoungBlood.
The music series will run every Saturday until August 31 at Clinton and Bernice Rose Park from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Next up on July 13 is Shonn Hinton and Shotgun.
Schedule:
• July 13, 2024 | Shonn Hinton & Shotgun
• July 20, 2024 | Mike Wheeler
• July 27, 2024 | Adi Armour
• August 3, 2024 | Ivan Singh
• August 10, 2024 | New Orleans Beau
• August 17, 2024 | Jamiah Rogers
• August 24, 2024 | Brandye Phillips
• August 31, 2024 | Gospel Edition
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Milwaukee, WI
History Suggests Mets Are World Series-Bound After Beating Brewers
The Milwaukee Brewers may have been eliminated from the playoffs this week, but their presence in the postseason still looms large.
Thanks to Pete Alonso’s historic, clutch home run in the ninth inning on Thursday night, the New York Mets emerged victorious in Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series. That sent the Brewers packing, while the Mets got to punch their ticket to the NLDS.
And if past results are any indication, New York could wind up going much, much further.
As pointed out by MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy, every team that has beat the Brewers in the postseason has gone on to – at the very least – win a pennant. Six of the eight teams to do so have finished October as World Series champions.
The Brewers, who played their inaugural season in 1970, made the playoffs for the first time in 1981. They lost to the New York Yankees in the ALDS, setting the Bronx Bombers on the path to their 33rd AL pennant.
The very next year, Milwaukee made it to the World Series themselves, but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Following a 25-year postseason drought, the Brewers got knocked out by the eventual World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies in the 2008 NLDS. They reached the NLCS in 2011, only to come face-to-face with the Cardinals, who went on to win the Fall Classic as well.
The 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Brewers in the NLCS, then lost to the Boston Red Sox in the World Series, but the 2019 Washington Nationals, 2020 Dodgers and 2021 Atlanta Braves all went through Milwaukee on their way to a title. The 2023 Arizona Diamondbacks, although they didn’t win the World Series, also defeated the Brewers en route to an NL pennant.
The Brewers’ postseason opponents have created a pattern – one team will eliminate them, then lose in the World Series, while the next three teams to eliminate them will win the World Series. Since the D-Backs lost in the World Series in 2023, that means the Mets should win it all in 2024, per this purely coincidental pattern.
In order to do so, New York will have to make it past the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. Game 1 of that best-of-five series is scheduled to get underway at 4:08 p.m. ET.
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Milwaukee, WI
Three Milwaukee men charged in Menomonee Falls home burglary and shooting
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — Authorities arrested three men in connection with a burglary in Menomonee Falls, during which a person inside a home was shot and injured.
The incident occurred shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 18 at a residence on Weyer Farm Drive. The shooting victim, a relative staying at the home, was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to Menomonee Falls police.
“No one was caught and I didn’t know if they could have somehow gotten in or been hiding out. It freaked me out and it was right over there. Too close for comfort in my eyes,” Judie Helmer, a neighbor, said.
On Oct. 3, search warrants executed in Milwaukee and Racine counties led to the arrest of three suspects from Milwaukee; Zamontae Burch, Dezmen Wilks, and Demetri Duvall-Wilks.
According to a criminal complaint filed Friday in Waukesha County Circuit Court, the men stole a 2002 red Jeep Liberty from Milwaukee just after midnight on Aug 18.
The defendants said they planned to enter vehicles in the area where “rich people leave them unlocked.”
Wilks admitted to police that they broke into about 20 vehicles in Menomonee Falls before they went into the home on Weyer Farm Drive, which the investigation revealed was unlocked.
While inside, the relative, who was sleeping on the couch in the living room, woke up and started screaming.
The complaint revealed Burch admitted to police that he shot at the person, but that he “wasn’t trying to kill him, he just wanted him to stop screaming.”
With people now in custody, neighbors are hopeful that life will go back to normal in their subdivision.
“The neighbors all get along, we have block parties, the kids are still out, this isn’t making us scared. The police have done an amazing job,” Kimberly Leidel, a neighbor, said.
Burch is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, armed burglary as a party to a crime with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, and operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent.
Wilks and Duvall-Wilks each face charges of armed burglary as a party to a crime and operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent.
All three men have a cash bond set at $100,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 16 at the Waukesha County Courthouse.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Milwaukee, WI
Hispanic Heritage Month: Milwaukee bilingual teacher makes a difference
MILWAUKEE – We are putting the spotlight on a bilingual teacher from Milwaukee Public Schools – during Hispanic Heritage Month.
It is another day in Alondra Garcia’s classroom at Allen-Field Elementary School in Milwaukee. The space is filled with vibrant colors, butterflies and enthusiastic second-graders eager to learn.
“She likes to celebrate everything that I like to celebrate,” said Jolaniz Acosta, a student.
“(English: She reads to us and I can understand it,)” said Damian Gomez, age 7.
Garcia said she designs lesson plans to keep this diverse class of students engaged.
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“My goal as an educator is to make sure I empower them,” Garcia said.
And it hits home. Ms. Garcia is a first generation bilingual teacher – and she said she sees herself in every single one of her students.
“I always remembered in the back of my head that little girl who wanted to learn to do something to be someone in the future,” Garcia said.
Like many of her students’ stories, Garcia’s family left their home in Mexico to make a home in Milwaukee.
“My goal as an educator is to make sure they’re able to find their voice and that they’re able to use their voice as a power, as something that’s going to get them far in life,” Garcia said.
Garcia’s job does not end inside the classroom. In fact, it keeps on going in the community – as an activist fighting for immigrant rights and other issues affecting Latinos in Wisconsin.
“Status does limit you, sadly, and I was a former DACA recipient for 12 years. Just recently, I obtained the U-Visa status. So that, eventually, will lead me toward permanent residency. I’m grateful my whole family qualified for that,” Garcia said.
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Garcia said she inherited her drive from her father, Gilberto Garcia Calderon, who said he is proud to see his daughter’s efforts to serve and help others.
“(English: Seeing her work and involvement just tells me she’s on the right path,)” Garcia Calderon said.
It is a purpose Garcia said she hopes will pave the way – and inspire the next generation.
You can view more stories about Hispanic Heritage Month on FOX6Now.com.
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